A few years ago the Colburn School, a renowned music and dance conservatory, decided to do something about this paradox. The administration asked around for ideas. "I raised my hand and said, 'Singing sounds like the most accessible,'?" recalls Le...

In a lot of ways, Voices of Reason is a choir like many others. Lay vocalists with various levels of experience meet twice a month in a private home to practice. They sing a cappella and choral sheet music. But Voices of Reason’s repertoire is dif...

One of Los Angeles’s best-kept cultural secrets is moving. For more than a decade, the Wende Museum, an institution devoted to documenting the history of the Cold War, occupied a second-floor space in the back of an office park in Culver City. Thi...